WREXHAM manager Brian Flynn did not tell his players about his decision to resign at the end of the season before his Monday afternoon showdown with the club's managing director David Rhodes.

The news that the Dragons boss, his assistant Kevin Reeves and coach Joey Jones wil be leaving when their contracts expire next summer, came as a surprise to everyone at the Colliers Park training complex, according to veteran Kevin Russell.

Speaking before joining up with his team-mates for last night's 3-2 second division defeat at Chesterfield, he said: "The players didn't know anything about it but I'm sure the gaffer will be having a word with us today.

"I'm disappointed more than anything and not simply from a playing point of view. In the case of Brian and Joey, I've played alongside-them and known them for a very long time and I'm sorry it's come to this.

"I think Brian has done a brilliant job under very difficult circumstances over the past 13 years, with very little money at his disposal in all that time.

"You only have to look around at the Racecourse and at Colliers Park to see the size of his achievement and it won't be until he has gone that people will appreciate all that he has done for the club."

Russell, who is the PFA representative at Wrexham, said he was not in a position to forecast what might happen between now and the